Emanuel Leutze

Emanuel Leutze
Leutze in a photograph taken before 1868
Born	(1816-05-24)May 24, 1816 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Kingdom of Württemberg
Died	July 18, 1868(1868-07-18) (aged 52) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Glenwood Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality	German American
Education	John Rubens Smith Karl Friedrich Lessing
Known for	History painter

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German-born American history painter best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.